/sci/ - Science & Math

Most geniuses are guys like Ramanujan, Terry Tao, Gauss, Bobby Fischer, etc. who are incredibly gifted in a specific discipline (maybe two). But every now and then, you get guys who are inexplicably good at everything they try. The poster child of this to me is Ben Franklin. He was a successful physicist, inventor, political philosopher, diplomat, composer, and a bunch of other stuff. Maybe I'm naive, but why can't the rest of us do this? Why are "moderately intelligent" men fated to stay moderately intelligent? Isn't it likely we have a ton of potential Ben Franklins out there who are being wasted because our society doesn't value guys like this currently?

Inside me I feel like I have the potential to make some of the greatest music ever and contribute to philosophy/sociology. Recently I started to make music, and it's actually really good and just reconfirmed my dreams. Do you guys feel this too? What do you think?